So my blog post is a week early, well this is because I got my period ! I was totally shocked after nearly a year of it hiding away it came and got me ten fold! My mind started going into over drive , so many questions, how long before we start the injections? Will hubby be in the country for embryo transfer? Saturday night was spent googling and re- reading my Zita West book ! As it occurred on a weekend I couldn’t call the ACU, well I could ring the emergency number but was it an emergency? In my head it was !
I called the unit on Monday morning and spoke to my fertility nurse, she advised I would start the pill protocol which means I would take the contraceptive pill for 3 weeks, this is so the Dr’s have complete control over my cycle and no surprises occur.
The day after the i take the last pill I have an appointment for a scan and to be shown how to self administer Buserelin which is the drug that switches your ovaries off, you continue this for 10 days and have a scan after 10 days to ensure the ovaries are adequately inactive and then you start the stimulation drugs as which wakes the ovaries up and ensures the follicles are full of eggs, I wont go into more detail until I have my injection appointment in case I get the info wrong. ! The nurse advised the drugs and sharps bin will be delivered to me but I needed to go to the hospital and collect the pill which was fine as I feel so comfortable there, they are all so lovely and the nurse said egg collection and embryo transfer could be the first two weeks of may providing everything goes to plan!
I got home and googled more (of course I did !) and the injection seems ok to administer , side effects are varied and not the same for all plus I can have the odd tipple on them which I may need !
I feel like I can relax a bit now, my body seems to be playing ball finally, I know what the plan is , I have dates to aim for and things to plan for.
Maybe that positive is in sight….
Searching for a positive 